If ever a piece of skill was worthy of a dubstep vine, this was it.
It came as Manchester United played out their European glamour tie against that Russian team that nobody had really heard of until recently.
Paul Pogba, a player more synonymous with producing outrageous skills that look great when set to electronic dance music on six-second looping videos, was nowhere to be seen.
Having injured himself during the early minutes of the second half, he was replaced by Marouane Fellaini and it was he, a player not really known for moments of magic, who produced one of the more aesthetically pleasing aspects of the night.
Having wandered over to the touchline in front of the Sir Bobby Charlton stand, the Belgian can be seen cushioning the ball on his chest. While doing so, Rostov's Aleksandr Yerokhin closes in to try and rob him of possession.
As the ball drops to the turf, Fellaini lifts a right leg and prods the ball over his opponent's head, a touch so perfect that it buys him ample space and time to pick out one of his trademark sideways passes to Ander Herrera.
A moment that was enough to bring those in Old Trafford to their feet.
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